I realize that I'm preaching to the choir here but I ALWAYS wear my gear. I did U10 once and got pounded by softballs. I'll do college and not get hit at all. The day after I bought my first pair of plate shoes I was doing men's fastpitch and the catcher stepped back with his steel cleats and put a gouge in my shoe. If I would have had regular shoes I think my toe would have been gone.
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